Meet Our Faculty 2018 - 2019 תשע”ט Menaheles Mrs. Chaya L. Eidelman President Mr. A. Joseph Stern Vaad HaChinuch Rabbi Aba Brudny Rabbi Yechiel Drillman Rabbi Yaakov Luban 1131 Raritan Avenue, Highland Park NJ 08904 [email protected] 732.985.5646 BRAINSTORM OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERS PRIORITIZE STUDY FUN TIPS LEARN WRITE TEST ADVISE TIME QUIZ WORKSTUDENTREVIEW SUPPORT COUNSEL THINKTRANSLATE DEVELOP TECHNIQUE SKILLS GOALS SUCCESS PREPARE PRACTICE MANAGE TEAM REENAS BAIS YAAKOV Mrs. Leila Apfel Mrs. Bracha Avraham Math English Mrs. Apfel graduated from Touro College Mrs. Avraham holds a B.A. in creative writing and with a B.S. in Actuarial Math and Finance. marketing from the CUNY Baccalaureate Center She worked in the corporate world of as well as a Masters in English education, grades finance before moving into teaching. Mrs. 7-12. She began her formal teaching career here Apfel has many years of experience as at Reenas Bais Yaakov years ago, teaching 10th a private math tutor and has previously and 12th grades. Since then she has taught at taught at Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion and Ilan High School, as well as at Bruriah High School Cheder Menachem. Mrs. Apfel’s passion for where she currently still teaches. Mrs. Avraham math and her ability to simplify complex enjoys the enthusiasm and fresh insight teenagers topics, enable her students to master the bring to the classroom, and is excited to bring material. her passion for literature and writing back to the wonderful girls at RBY. מחנכת יהדות חומש Mrs. Sara Backenroth Ms. Bracha Leah Bernstein Chumash, Yehadus, Mechaneches Science Mrs. Backenroth holds teaching degrees from both Bnos Ms. Bernstein received teacher’s certification from Chava Teaching Seminary and Bais Yaakov of Montreal Bnos Sarah Seminary. She is currently completing Teachers’ Training College. Her book, InsideOut, was her BA in psychology at Touro college. Ms. published by Feldheim in 2015, and addresses topics Bernstein began her teaching career in Bais in self-awareness and personal development based on Yaakov of Minneapolis where she taught Mishlei curriculum that she designed for the students and Pirkei Avos, while assisting with extra-curricular יהדות the of Reenas Bais Yaakov. In her capacity as teacher programming. Following her year of teaching and special programs coordinator, Mrs. Backenroth in BYM, Ms. Bernstein taught Tefillah and Navi has designed close to 100 innovative workshops. She in Bruriah. At Reenas, Ms. Bernstein teaches 9th consults with high schools about programming for their grade Biology and 11th grade Chumash skills. She yemei iyun, shabbatons and other school events. Some brings a wide scope of knowledge and creative of her workshops designed for families are featured in teaching skills to all of her classes. her monthly column with Binah Magazine. מחנכת תהלים נביא Mrs. Shana Broad Mrs. Chavie Busel Ivrit Navi, Tehillim, Mechaneches Mrs. Broad, a graduate of Machon Raaya Mrs. Busel graduated from BJJ-Machon Sara Seminary and a native Hebrew speaker, Schneirer L’Moros with teacher’s certification. Over לימודי קודש to our tenth and eleventh the past twenty years she has taught עברית teaches grades. Before joining RBY, Mrs. Broad taught subjects in various Lakewood schools, including at JFS, Yeshiva of Greater Washington, Yeshiva Bais Kaila and Oros. Her warm personality and in מחנכת Ketana of Lakewood and Ilan High School. flexible nature led her to be chosen as a She brings much passion to her teaching and Lakewood. She continues that role in Reenas as our ,teacher. Additionally נביא and מחנכת adds both breadth and depth to students’ 12th grade to the 10th grade. We תהילם language skills. With almost a decade of Mrs. Busel teaches teaching experience, we are thrilled that Mrs. are lucky to have Mrs. Busel’s teaching talents and Broad has joined our faculty. wisdom both in and out of the classroom. חומש נביא Mrs. Dubbie Busel Mrs. Goldie Cohen Navi, Yearbook Chumash Mrs. Busel graduated from BJJ-Machon Sara Mrs. Cohen graduated from BJJ- Machon Schneirer L’Moros with certification to teach Judaic Sara Schneirer L’Moros. Over the past ,and twenty years, she taught in various schools באור תפלה, נביא Studies. Mrs. Busel, has taught Computer Graphics at Reenas, and is also our in- including Yeshiva of Brooklyn and Bais Kaila house creative and technical leader. She designs of Lakewood. In addition to teaching at RBY, and produces almost all Reenas productions Mrs. Cohen teaches at Passaic Torah Institute and events, maintains our computer systems and and The New York Seminary. Mrs. Cohen uses oversees our G.O. and Mishmeres committees. Mrs. her wealth of experience and knowledge to פרשת Busel’s talents are in demand outside of Reenas explore fundamental topics found in and the role אמונה including facets of ,בראשית ,as well; she produces magazines, brochures yearbooks and videos for camps and schools of a Jewish woman. throughout the tri-state area. פרשה Rebbetzin Rivka Eichenstein Mrs. Aviva Erlanger Parshah Spansih Rebbetzin Eichenstein, a graduate of Machon Sara Mrs. Erlanger is a graduate of Hadar Bais Yaakov Schneirer L’Moros and Gateshead seminary, began Seminary in Israel where she received teacher’s where she taught at certification and graduated with honors. Her ירושלים her teaching career in BJJ Seminary and also directed the Special Education background in Spanish comes from living in Mexico City .Currently, Rebbetzin and attending Bais Yaakov of Mexico for eight years .ירושלים in בית יעקב Program at the at both Bais Yaakov of עברית Eichenstein is the 12th grade Merakezet and Director She taught Spanish and of Teacher Training at Bais Yaakov Intensive Seminary Passaic and Bais Yaakov of Denver high schools. Driven in Boro Park. Rebbetzin Eichenstein is called upon by her belief that fluency in Spanish is essential to to develop curricula for schools throughout the communication in today’s world, Mrs. Erlanger enables to the her students to master a new language in an enjoyable פרשה metropolitan area. In addition to teaching twelfth-grade students at RBY, Rebbetzin Eichenstein and creative atmosphere. .at Manhattan High School for Girls פרשה teaches Mrs. Sharon Glinn Mrs. Aviva Goldfarb Computers, Financial Literacy Art Mrs. Glinn graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Mrs. Goldfarb earned a B.A. in Fine Art and Design degree in Psychology from Roger Williams University and from Yeshiva University and the Fashion Institute of attended graduate school at Rutgers University. Mrs. Technology, Suma Cum Laude, and has NJ State Glinn has published and presented research on using teacher’s certification. She is an alumna of Migdal Ohz mnemonic devices in learning as well as several studies Seminary of Jerusalem and Bais Yaakov of Baltimore. In on infant learning and memory. She wrote computer addition to her many years of teaching art, she worked courses and conducted corporate computer training in graphic design and textbook illustration. She believes classes for many years before moving on to teaching that creativity is essential for success in any field and computers in public school for four years. Mrs. Glinn’s that with encouragement and practice, anyone can wealth of experience enriches her classes. learn to draw. הלכה Rabbi Menachem Goldman Mrs. Chani Gross Halacha History from Mesivta Tifereth Mrs. Gross graduated from BJJ- Machon Sara Schneirer סמיכה Rabbi Goldman received of Yeshiva of Staten Island L’Moros and received teaching certification in Judaic ראש בית דין Jerusalem. He is Studies. She received her B.A. in Liberal Arts from Thomas at Yeshiva of Staten Island’s ראש חבורה as well as a Edison College, took Master’s level courses at Fairleigh of ראש חבורה Kollel. In addition, Rabbi Goldman is the Dickinson University, and received her NJ teaching Kollel Zichron Yaakov in Monsey. Rabbi Goldman comes certification. She also trained as a teacher mentor to RBY with years of teaching experience, educating through the Jewish New Teacher Project, a role she fills His goal is to give his students in RBY. Mrs. Gross has been teaching American history .הלכה women and girls in skills necessary to navigate today’s complex and other subjects for over two decades. She currently הלכה the world. teaches junior high school American history in Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion in Piscataway and gives classes for Torah Links in East Brunswick. Mrs. Gross is a dynamic teacher who encourages independent thinking and instills in her students a love for learning. מחשבת ביאור הלכה ישראל תפילה Rabbi Dovid Gross Mrs. Sukey Gross Halacha, Be’ur Tefillah, Machsheves Yisroel English of Beth Medrash Govoha Mrs. Gross is a graduate of Bais Yaakov Academy מוסמך Rabbi Gross is a in Lakewood, where he learned for over ten years. Teacher’s College and received her M.A. in Guidance Since 2001, he has been the director of Torah Links and Counseling from Long Island University. She has and לימודי קדש been teaching for over 35 years, both organization based in קירוב of Middlesex County, a .and has given teacher training courses. Mrs לימודי חול East Brunswick. His years of educational and outreach Gross is the author of a series of novels for young adults experience enable him to give students clarity in both including Passport to Russia and The Secret Diary, and Students emerge from his class on has recently completed the first three novels of a new .השקפה and הלכה with a strong foundation in the basic historical series for young adults. She has also published י”ג עקרי אמונה the tenets of Yiddishkeit. short stories in various contemporary magazines such as the Jewish Press, Binah and Mishpacha. Mrs. Gross gives private courses and creative writing workshops. Under her expert instruction, our students publish their own short stories. פרקי אבות Mrs. Azriela Jaffe Miss Chaya Sorah Kamin Public Speaking Pirkei Avos, Computers, Gym Mrs.